At Uni High, we strive to foster an environment where everyone, inclusive of race, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, political beliefs, disability, language, and religion, will feel welcome, visible, and heard.

MPAG's oft-postponed game event has been pushed back one more time due to Winter Formal being on Jan. 24, but we are very excited to invite Uni parents, students, siblings, and staff to join us on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 2-4 p.m. to play multicultural games and eat snacks. This event is open to the whole Uni community, not just MPAG regulars! We invite you to bring a favorite game to share or just show up and enjoy learning a new game. If you plan to attend, please RSVP so we can be sure to purchase enough snacks!

Moni Marcelo, the Director of Threat Assessment at U. of I. , will be speaking about the threat assessment team at Uni High and U. of I. at our next PTSA meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 5:30 p.m. in Siebel Room 1404.  After Moni's presentation, the PTSA will discuss plans for our Trivia Night/ Silent Auction, ERC/ PTSA spring garden workdays, and our April election of officers for the 2026-2027 school year.  If you're unable to join us in person, please follow this link to join via Zoom (Meeting ID: 891 7487 6567; Password: PTSA) We hope to see you there!

Brunch with Spring Initiative is this Saturday, 1/24! Spring Initiative is a transformative, holistic after-school program in Clarksdale, MS. The event--which will include yummy brunch foods, live performances, and an opportunity to hear from Spring students visiting from Clarksdale--will be held at 10 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Champaign. Spring is hosting the event (so it is not an official Uni event), and will be collecting a $10 suggested donation at the door. 
Please come and bring your family! Reserve RSVP here!

THANK YOU for the offers! We still need MORE families for 20 11th and 12th grade exchange students from Thionville, France who will be here from March 23 to April 2, 2026. All have a focus on Physics. You do not need to speak French to host a student. We want families who are willing to share moments with students from Thionville, and have them be an extension of your immediate family for about 10 days.
If you are interested, please respond as soon as possible to  blues@illinois.edu
We need 20 spaces... if you can host more than one student, that is wonderful. If you can only host 1, that is better than none.  The chaperones/teachers are set.

Come join us as visit the UIPD to explore what it means to go into police work, investigation, and embedded social work. 
Click here for more information and the registration link!

To help Uni celebrate cultural heritage months, Uni High and the Multicultural Parent Advisory Group are holding student art competitions. We invite student artists to submit their original art for a 16" x 20" poster. The artists whose posters are selected as the top three submissions will each receive $50, and winning posters will be displayed at Uni during the cultural heritage month for which they were submitted.
We are currently seeking poster submissions for Black History Month (February). Please see the submission form for contest guidelines.

Julia Sohn won first place in this year's Poetry Out Loud contest, and Lana Cooper won second place. Our runner-up this year is Max Wang. Congratulations to all of them!
Julia and Lana will move on to the regional contest, which will take place the week of February 9-13. The regional contest date and other details will be announced in a future UniWeek
Thank you to all the reciters for sharing your poems with us and to everyone who helped out with Poetry Out Loud this year! Congratulations again to Julia, Lana, and Max!

SKATE for Girls, a U. of I. club that teaches math through figure skating and movement, is looking for high school students to volunteer as math tutors and/or figure skating coaches. We empower young girls by giving them courage through figure skating to enable academic success and are looking for students who believe in creating an encouraging environment that cultivates learning.  Our mission is to increase students' love of and interest in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. Fill out this form if you are interested.

The PTSA would like to thank all the sophomores and their family members who joined us last Saturday at the ARC for our Sophomore Class Family Party! Families were generous with their time and their snack donations, and we had lots of friendly competition in volleyball, basketball, soccer, pickleball and spikeball.  Special thanks to Mr. Hummel and Dr. Earls for their assistance, along with sophomore parent reps Jenny Smith and Cathy Elliott for coordinating the party music, the transportation of multiple basketball players, securing the event venue, and coming up with such a great party idea! 

The PTSA would like to thank the nearly 100 people who donated their time, treasure, and/or talent to help make our 2025 Winter Party a resounding success! Students, faculty and parent volunteers enjoyed a wonderful assembly followed by plenty of pizza, sides and desserts!  Special thanks to our senior PTSA parent representative, Alison Smith, who has coordinated our Winter Party for each of the past five years!  Thanks for all the memories, Alison--we will miss you next year!

For more than five decades, the Uni High Parent Fund has been essential to supporting the programs and experiences that make Uni unique. Gifts to the Uni High Parent Fund help sustain daily operations while enriching student life through opportunities like no-cut sports, Scholastic Bowl, Chess Club, and faculty professional development. Support for this fund has been crucial for the past 50 years and will remain essential for the next 150! Make your gift online today HERE, via credit card, Venmo, PayPal, CashApp or through a Donor Advised Fund. 

The Wellness Room is available for students who want to take a short break or need a quiet place for a reset to sit, color, breathe, and relax. This room is located on the 3rd floor in 312 and will be open during the hours below. Please sign in using the QR code on the door or through the paper sign-in sheet also located near the door. An agreement to abide by the rules of the room will be available during sign-in.
Mondays/Wednesdays 1-3 p.m.
Tuesdays/Thursdays 9-11 a.m.